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@daelenclark.bsky.social
An aspiring writer/English teacher looking to be more aware of the world around me!
Nearly everything’s an invention of capitalism when you get right down to it. Co-opt it and make it yours!
(I'll change the profile every so often.)
Nearly everything’s an invention of capitalism when you get right down to it. Co-opt it and make it yours!
(I'll change the profile every so often.)
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Cannot get over PhantomStrider complimenting my angry rant about Autism Speaks.
December 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Cannot get over PhantomStrider complimenting my angry rant about Autism Speaks.
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I had to rewind Peter Ellenshaw’s matte painting perfection in THE THIRD MAN ON THE MOUNTAIN (1959) a few times to fully appreciate it.
December 9, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I had to rewind Peter Ellenshaw’s matte painting perfection in THE THIRD MAN ON THE MOUNTAIN (1959) a few times to fully appreciate it.
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Every day I'm so exhausted by this government of TV personality idiots who don't know how to do their jobs or even what their jobs are
NEW: Dr. Oz is quite literally telling his federal employees to eat less.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
www.wired.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Every day I'm so exhausted by this government of TV personality idiots who don't know how to do their jobs or even what their jobs are
Turns out lots of UBC’s land endowment in Vancouver is funded by companies that enable Israeli apartheid and Palestinian murder in Gaza. Help let the president of UBC know.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Turns out lots of UBC’s land endowment in Vancouver is funded by companies that enable Israeli apartheid and Palestinian murder in Gaza. Help let the president of UBC know.
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The original article this article is leeching off of and voiding of context for ragebait points.
It's a nothing statement, Aardman isn't switching to ai. The kind of "ai" here is the same automation stuff we've had for years, but renamed ai to attract investors.
www.radiotimes.com/movies/walla...
It's a nothing statement, Aardman isn't switching to ai. The kind of "ai" here is the same automation stuff we've had for years, but renamed ai to attract investors.
www.radiotimes.com/movies/walla...
Wallace and Gromit creator reveals whether Aardman Animations will use AI in future - and what they won’t compromise on
Two iconic animated pals reunite on the Radio Times Christmas cover, as Nick Park brings festive clay magic to life.
www.radiotimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The original article this article is leeching off of and voiding of context for ragebait points.
It's a nothing statement, Aardman isn't switching to ai. The kind of "ai" here is the same automation stuff we've had for years, but renamed ai to attract investors.
www.radiotimes.com/movies/walla...
It's a nothing statement, Aardman isn't switching to ai. The kind of "ai" here is the same automation stuff we've had for years, but renamed ai to attract investors.
www.radiotimes.com/movies/walla...
Just goes to show you that no one man is right about everything.
I say this as a huge fan of (most of) Quentin Tarantino's movies: if you agree with him on absolutely EVERY single opinion on movies he's ever had, there might be something wrong with you.
The man criticized Groundhog Day for giving Bill Murray a character arc ffs.
The man criticized Groundhog Day for giving Bill Murray a character arc ffs.
December 7, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Just goes to show you that no one man is right about everything.
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This is very true, and it's why I think one of the most naive possible things anyone could say right now is "even when he finally dies, it won't change anything."
Him finally being gone forever will change EVERYTHING. How could it not?
Him finally being gone forever will change EVERYTHING. How could it not?
the reason why those "the left made me do ___" things ring so hollow is that Trump has been, since 2015, the primary actor in US politics. everything, in some shape or form, has been a reaction to his assault on the sanctity of the US constitutional order
2020-2021 was a particularly bad time but as long as Trump kept upping the ante the polarization was going to happen anyway
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
This is very true, and it's why I think one of the most naive possible things anyone could say right now is "even when he finally dies, it won't change anything."
Him finally being gone forever will change EVERYTHING. How could it not?
Him finally being gone forever will change EVERYTHING. How could it not?
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Dear friends and followers, we need your help this #GivingTuesday after a bad year for nonprofits in the US. Please donate and spread the word: cartoonistsrights.org/donate
December 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Dear friends and followers, we need your help this #GivingTuesday after a bad year for nonprofits in the US. Please donate and spread the word: cartoonistsrights.org/donate
Let's make sure that help is there.
Hero Initiative is helping writer Mike W. Barr through a series of health problems. If you'd like to contribute directly to Mike as well, go HERE: www.gofundme.com/f/rally-for-...
Donate to Rally for Mike W. Barr's Medical Care, organized by Dave Kellogg
Mike W. Barr has been a writer of comics, science fiction novels and mystery novels… Dave Kellogg needs your support for Rally for Mike W. Barr's Medical Care
www.gofundme.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Let's make sure that help is there.
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Note to publishers/online booksellers/etc.: If your online preview of a work doesn't make it through the introduction, you may be doing it wrong.
It is rare that the introduction is the part we want to sample.
It is rare that the introduction is the part we want to sample.
December 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Note to publishers/online booksellers/etc.: If your online preview of a work doesn't make it through the introduction, you may be doing it wrong.
It is rare that the introduction is the part we want to sample.
It is rare that the introduction is the part we want to sample.
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 5, 2025 at 7:41 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
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Because they've poisoned the market with variant covers and people don't know this is different from the one that came out a couple of months ago. Seriously, I have to tell customers "this is a different book with different creators- you didn't read it already."
Retailers report disappointing sales on second BATMAN/DEADPOOL crossover issue
In spite of making a "far, far superior comic book," comics retailer and pundit Brian Hibbs reports that his sales on the DC-published DC/Marvel Batman/Deadpool #1 have disappointed relative to Marvel's…
In spite of making a "far, far superior comic book," comics retailer and pundit Brian Hibbs reports that his sales on the DC-published DC/Marvel Batman/Deadpool #1 have disappointed relative to Marvel's…
Retailers report disappointing sales on second BATMAN/DEADPOOL crossover issue
In spite of making a "far, far superior comic book," comics retailer and pundit Brian Hibbs reports that his sales on the DC-published DC/Marvel Batman/Deadpool #1 have disappointed relative to Marvel's earlier Deadpool/Batman one-shot.
www.comicsbeat.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Because they've poisoned the market with variant covers and people don't know this is different from the one that came out a couple of months ago. Seriously, I have to tell customers "this is a different book with different creators- you didn't read it already."
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Nothing opened my eyes to the full scope of the Holocaust's horror and human toll like this book. Absolutely everyone should read it.
Maus - Art Spiegelman
uncompromising in its depiction of the holocaust, but also of its central subject. vladek spiegelman is nowhere near a perfect victim, but no-one deserves this. stories like this, they are more important than ever. this is the history that fascists want erased. don't let it.
uncompromising in its depiction of the holocaust, but also of its central subject. vladek spiegelman is nowhere near a perfect victim, but no-one deserves this. stories like this, they are more important than ever. this is the history that fascists want erased. don't let it.
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Nothing opened my eyes to the full scope of the Holocaust's horror and human toll like this book. Absolutely everyone should read it.
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"But Daddy, I want a Warner Bros NOW!"
December 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"But Daddy, I want a Warner Bros NOW!"
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The original White House--like the Capitol--was deliberately NOT garish.They were supposed to reflect republican governance: not monarchies, not aristocracies.They were supposed to show a commitment to We the People.
The current decorations are the precise opposite.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
The current decorations are the precise opposite.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
We Asked Interior Designers To Explain Trump's 'Garish' White House Redesign — And They Had THOUGHTS
Experts weigh in on the president's gold-soaked makeover of the Oval Office and more.
www.huffpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The original White House--like the Capitol--was deliberately NOT garish.They were supposed to reflect republican governance: not monarchies, not aristocracies.They were supposed to show a commitment to We the People.
The current decorations are the precise opposite.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
The current decorations are the precise opposite.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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There are some really great one-liners in 80s action movies, but it's a rare case where we get a set-up, a callback, a payoff, AND a coda.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
There are some really great one-liners in 80s action movies, but it's a rare case where we get a set-up, a callback, a payoff, AND a coda.
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Joe, do you…not know what people use computers for?
December 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Joe, do you…not know what people use computers for?
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I think Peter Parker is a socialist. And I think Reed Richards is also a socialist.
December 3, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I think Peter Parker is a socialist. And I think Reed Richards is also a socialist.
There's a thrift store in Kelowna with its name on it that I will never buy from.
There's better thrift stores there, some of them even from religious groups, that don't actively fund anti-LGBTQIA+ lobbying, and I focus there.
There's better thrift stores there, some of them even from religious groups, that don't actively fund anti-LGBTQIA+ lobbying, and I focus there.
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
There's a thrift store in Kelowna with its name on it that I will never buy from.
There's better thrift stores there, some of them even from religious groups, that don't actively fund anti-LGBTQIA+ lobbying, and I focus there.
There's better thrift stores there, some of them even from religious groups, that don't actively fund anti-LGBTQIA+ lobbying, and I focus there.
I for one approve of publishers (especially ones for children's books) taking a firm stand against AI and the hateful people who use it.
Franklin's a knight for good reason.
Franklin's a knight for good reason.
December 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I for one approve of publishers (especially ones for children's books) taking a firm stand against AI and the hateful people who use it.
Franklin's a knight for good reason.
Franklin's a knight for good reason.
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Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.
December 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.
There's a sample to be made out of this.
Cities 97.1 in Minneapolis/St. Paul (IHeart) is either doing a new take on a stunt, or Otto Mation has lost his damn mind for the last hour-plus!
December 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
There's a sample to be made out of this.
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Editing the next episode. You know it'll be a good one when, within literally the first two minutes, someone says "Why does the monkey have dick fingers?"
November 27, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Editing the next episode. You know it'll be a good one when, within literally the first two minutes, someone says "Why does the monkey have dick fingers?"